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Is it enough to have some love
Small enough to slip inside a book.
Small enough to cover with your hand
Because everyone around you wants to look
Is it enough to have some love
Small enough to fit inside the cracks
The pieces don't fit together so good
With all the breaking and all the gluing back
And I am still not getting what I want
I want to touch the back of your right arm
I wish you could remind me who I was
Because every day I'm a little further off
But you are, my love, the astronaut
Flying in the face of science
I will gladly stay an afterthought
Just bring back some nice reminders
And is it getting harder to pretend
That life goes on without you in the wake?
And can you see the means without the end
In the random frantic action that we take?
And is it getting easy not to care
Despite the many rings around your name
It isn't funny and it isn't fair
You've traveled all this way and it's the same
But you are, my love, the astronaut
Flying in the face of science
I will gladly stay an afterthought
Just bring back some nice reminders
I would tell them anything to see you split the evening
But as you see I do not have an awful lot to tell
Everybody's sick for something that they can find fascinating
Everyone but you and even you aren't feeling well
But you are, my love, the astronaut
Flying in the face of science
I will gladly stay an afterthought
But you are, my love, the astronaut
Flying in the face of science
I will gladly stay an afterthought
Just bring back some nice reminders
Yes you are, my love, the astronaut
Crashing in the name of science
Just my luck they found your upper half
It's a very nice reminder
It's a very nice reminder
And you may be acquainted with the night
But I have seen the darkness in the day
And you must know it is a terrifying sight
Because you and I are living the same way
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 08:29 It looks like this one's been killed, but anyway: She raised 1.2million dollars on kickstarter but wants musicians to play for free when she comes to town. IS THE INTERNET TO BLAME FOR THE SHELLAC MAN CALLING AMANDA PALMER AN IDIOT? STEVE ALBINI BREAKS IT DOWN FOR US "LIKE A LESSON" |
| Grammarcop (Upriver from Zug Island) | Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 03:41 If I'm Bill Bryson, I'm suing. |
| salzburg4321 (Salzburg, Austria) | Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 08:16 Appalling |
| Baby_M (a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Nov 09, 2011 - 15:13 Everything that could go wrong with progressive rock has gone wrong with this track—and the androgynous voice isn't helping. |
| AliGator (The Bluegrass) | Posted: Jul 06, 2011 - 22:44 bluefrog wrote: Brian's an amazing drummer, is he not ? Yes! And Amanda F. Palmer is an amazing performer. I'd love to hear "Map of Tasmania" on RP.  |
| fridgerat (Cape Town, South Africa) | Posted: May 04, 2011 - 17:36 In the three years I've been listening to Radio Paradise this is officially the first song I've hated. A resounding 1 from me. |
| seiferth (MA) | Posted: Mar 31, 2011 - 17:10 Very nice to have Tori Amos follow Amanda Palmer. Radio Paradise is revealing their love of romance and intrigue. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 21:11 lerxst wrote: Does Amanda have an adam's apple? ...well she's certainly earned one, regardless, don't you think?.. |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 08:09 Grammarcop wrote: For what it's worth, The Boston Globe named her the city's most stylish woman in 2006. I know you were just dying for that tidbit... ... and what does that say about all the other babes women in Boston? I'm changing my vacation plans right now. |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet this is not my home) | Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 08:08 cyesp wrote: Sure doubt it, her new album cover is HOT! The music not so much. She's married to Neil Gaiman, one of my fave authors.  |
| cyesp (Denver) | Posted: Jan 28, 2011 - 19:57 lerxst wrote: Does Amanda have an adam's apple? Sure doubt it, her new album cover is HOT! The music not so much. She's married to Neil Gaiman, one of my fave authors. |
| AliGator (The Bluegrass) | Posted: Dec 29, 2010 - 23:30 bluefrog wrote: Brian's an amazing drummer, is he not ? Yes, he sure is! |
| cover_lover | Posted: Dec 27, 2010 - 15:10 First time hearing it, it's quirky yet really good!  |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Dec 27, 2010 - 15:09 A resounding 2 if I ever heard one. |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Dec 27, 2010 - 15:08 STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP! |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Dec 27, 2010 - 15:07 BAD! |
| bluefrog | Posted: Dec 24, 2010 - 16:59 AliGator wrote: We saw The Dresden Dolls a couple of weeks ago. What a fantastic show. I am a fan. Brian's an amazing drummer, is he not ? |
| bluefrog | Posted: Dec 24, 2010 - 16:59 hulabell wrote: I'd rather listen to the original she ripped her act off of, Kristeen Young. ok, so I went and checked out KY. Interesting. Amanda "ripped her act off" ? No, not at all. |
| AliGator (The Bluegrass) | Posted: Nov 25, 2010 - 22:55 We saw The Dresden Dolls a couple of weeks ago. What a fantastic show. I am a fan. |
| lerxst (A Planet in the Solar Federation) | Posted: Oct 27, 2010 - 14:47 Does Amanda have an adam's apple? |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: Oct 27, 2010 - 14:45 dkeifer wrote: I am simulaneously in love with, and terrified of, Amanda Palmer.... I saw her live as the Emcee in Cabaret, in which she wears white pancake and black lipstick. Her evil clown emcee face will haunt my dreams. (The show was awesome though) |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Oct 27, 2010 - 14:44 This really is just very terrible. |
| dkeifer | Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 07:50 I am simulaneously in love with, and terrified of, Amanda Palmer.... |
| hulabell | Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 07:47 I'd rather listen to the original she ripped her act off of, Kristeen Young. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 07:45 goodnight moon -> sky is falling -> is there a ghost -> astronaut ...hell of a set this morning!.. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Oct 03, 2010 - 19:54 The interplay of comments between April 22, 2010 and June is so hysterically funny, I can't quite believe it. I don't even know how to put them in one place, but if someone could cut and paste the whole "sold a piano/sold a baby" exchange, it would make my entire year. Thank you, to all who participated in it - you're the kind of folks with whom I need to populate my life...   |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Oct 03, 2010 - 19:46 Stefen wrote:   I just now noticed that she changed the Z to a T... |
| nerakdon (Colorado) | Posted: Sep 25, 2010 - 22:32 PA1749 wrote: The Chinese have a word for this type of music...they call it...CRAP! I try to be as accepting as I can of world music. There's only one kind I don't like: Chinese Opera. It sounds like an abomination to me. This, on the other hand, is kinda awesome. Kudos to her for being so frakking awesome. I hope to be as awesome as her, someday. |
| PA1749 (Jim Thorpe, PA) | Posted: Sep 23, 2010 - 14:00 The Chinese have a word for this type of music...they call it...CRAP! |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Sep 23, 2010 - 13:59 This is no longer listenable 3 =>1 |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Sep 23, 2010 - 13:58 awesome |
| C019740 | Posted: Sep 20, 2010 - 14:53 I just got off work and have to hear this crap? Holy crap!!! |
| Alpine (N39d39mW121d30m) | Posted: Aug 24, 2010 - 22:28 shit........1 |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 14:08 ziggytrix wrote: Ah that's a brilliant song! Play Blur's Sing, then jsut for kicks, follow it with Sing by The Dresden Dolls. :) Nice, nice! And then Sing by Travis. |
| TerryS (The other SW) | Posted: Jul 31, 2010 - 19:51 Bustiers rule, unless you're singing, in which case they restrict one's breathing. Don't ask how a male would know......... |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 14:52 nano wrote: i hate how the beginning of this song keeps making me think of a trainspotting soundtrack song and then it turns out to be this. always a disappointment. i think this song is okay.. for some reason i rated it an 8 two days ago, but it just tricked me again so i'm annoyed with it. what is the trainspotting song that the intro of this is ripping off completely? (EDIT) — oh nevermind i just found it... its 'Sing' by Blur...so superior. bill should play this sometimes. Ah that's a brilliant song! Play Blur's Sing, then jsut for kicks, follow it with Sing by The Dresden Dolls. :) Nice, nice! |
| Bone (Divided States of Sanity) | Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 14:48 Long live the punk cabaret!!! |
| Stefen (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Jul 18, 2010 - 15:50 |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Jun 20, 2010 - 15:52 ch83575 wrote: To a baby? |
| nano (syracuse, ny) | Posted: Jun 19, 2010 - 17:51 i hate how the beginning of this song keeps making me think of a trainspotting soundtrack song and then it turns out to be this. always a disappointment. i think this song is okay.. for some reason i rated it an 8 two days ago, but it just tricked me again so i'm annoyed with it. what is the trainspotting song that the intro of this is ripping off completely? (EDIT) — oh nevermind i just found it... its 'Sing' by Blur...so superior. bill should play this sometimes. |
| ch83575 | Posted: Jun 19, 2010 - 17:45 Jamunca wrote: and a friend of mine sold amanda To a baby? |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Jun 16, 2010 - 18:57 stdog wrote: a friend of mine sold his baby to amanda and a friend of mine sold amanda |
| Grammarcop (The gilt is gone) | Posted: May 21, 2010 - 06:35 For what it's worth, The Boston Globe named her the city's most stylish woman in 2006. I know you were just dying for that tidbit... |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: May 21, 2010 - 06:21 Wow! That's a rouser after the narcolepsy of Sigur Ros. This sure is an intriguing song, which I suspect you either love or loathe. I could grow to love it. Only on RP :) |
| stdog (Nicosia, Cyprus) | Posted: May 18, 2010 - 22:38 DaMoGan wrote: A friend of mine almost sold his baby grand piano to Amanda Palmer. She even came and checked it out, but decided against it when she found out her record label wouldn't buy it for her, or something like that. Not sure why she thought they would in the first place.  a friend of mine sold his baby to amanda |
| Segue (Almost Paradise) | Posted: May 18, 2010 - 22:35 I LOVE Lenya Lovich!!! |
| DaMoGan (Body on the east coast, Mind on the west coast.) | Posted: Apr 22, 2010 - 11:29 A friend of mine almost sold his baby grand piano to Amanda Palmer. She even came and checked it out, but decided against it when she found out her record label wouldn't buy it for her, or something like that. Not sure why she thought they would in the first place. |
| shawshank (Maryland) | Posted: Apr 22, 2010 - 11:29 Sounds like a female Andy Partridge and XTC...  |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Apr 19, 2010 - 12:13 On_The_Beach wrote: Sounds like someone's mother trying to imitate "that crazy music the young people like". Refer to the work of Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer's previous collaboration and her theatrical work. More of a case of the over earnest theatre student than an attempt at recapturing youth - although why anyone would try to recapture youth instead of scraping it off their shoe as a survivable misstep is a mystery to me. |
| Photo-John (Nor Cal to SLC) | Posted: Apr 19, 2010 - 12:11 bobringer wrote: I was thinking Diamanda Galas... But Siouxie works as well... Giving her wayyyy too much credit. Siouxsie and Diamanda are both real originals. This? Not at all. |